Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[MattE72]

Possibly but it depends on the terrain. I recently took my daughter on a her first 'long' bike ride down the cycle path to Chester which pretty much flat. It was only her 5th time on a bike since I taught her to ride one and we managed 17.5km, which I was pretty impressed with as she's only 8.
I'm sure once you get out there you soon know!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959
This is one.

 

[turbopercy]

Oh well can only try see qhat i average but think i can nanage just see how it goes will get some data up once i have completed on saturday really lookin forward to it

 

[Stonechat]

Am I still classed as a newbie after just over a year back on the bike? I suppose so. I started off a year ago last January with a with a 3.3 mile ride (that wrecked me!) averaging less than 10mph. Although my normal average speed has only got up to 12/13mph I'm routinely doing 25+ miles per ride now. I think I've taken things a bit too easily, as I've just been enjoying being out on the road seeing a bit of the countryside, so I've just signed up to do a 52 miler on the BHF Manchester to Blackpool night ride, so with a bit of a goal to aim for I'll be upping my distances (and hopefully speed) over the next few months!

First Ride http://www.strava.com/activities/38937043#635416160
Latest Ride http://www.strava.com/athletes/1461...rval_type=month&interval=201403&year_offset=0

Well I am definitely still a newbie - it took six months to get really going and only had a road bike weeks really and up to 47 miles
I am entered for London to Brighton so for weeks been upping my game, and sppeds have gone up.
Good luck with the Manchester to Blackpool, don't think I will do any noght rides myself.
Apparently weeked is set to be not so good.
I am doing shorter ride tomorrow and another Friday. Sunday is usually the day but will go if I can.

 

[Stonechat]

@Mo1959
This is one.
View attachment 40291

Oh Nigel does not look so good

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Oh Nigel does not look so good

I posted in the technical section and its fooked, but hopefully I will get something under warranty, but I did the rear mech, the headset adjusted the brakes ect.... as you do.
its been one thing or another me not getting out, and when I do, sods law strikes again

 

[welsh dragon]

I posted in the technical section and its fooked, but hopefully I will get something under warranty, but I did the rear mech, the headset adjusted the brakes ect.... as you do.
its been one thing or another me not getting out, and when I do, sods law strikes again

Sorry to hear about the problems your having nigel.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Sorry to hear about the problems your having nigel.

When don't I, I wouldn't mind so much, but I haven't done any miles

 

[welsh dragon]

When don't I, I wouldn't mind so much, but I haven't done any miles

Do you think your warranty wil be good?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Do you think your warranty wil be good?

Less than 12 months, less than 7,000 miles should be, planet-x are pretty good apparently.

 

[welsh dragon]

Less than 12 months, less than 7,000 miles should be, planet-x are pretty good apparently.

Good at least all is not lost

 

[Mo1959]

@Mo1959
This is one.
View attachment 40291

Oh.......that does look like it's cracked

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Oh.......that does look like it's cracked

This is the other one, both on the drive side. Picture not so good sorry.

 

[Mo1959]

This is the other one, both on the drive side. Picture not so good sorry. View attachment 40293

Gosh......that's pretty bad for a year's use. Looks like the sections where the spokes go in must be weak or something? I certainly think they will sort that out for you under warranty and hopefully give you a nice new set of wheels.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 I hope so, they did say over in technical section that they are a bit prone to it, because of the low spoke count the tension needs to be spot on, I wonder if I may have got that wrong at some point, not being very good at sort of thing, remember the problems I had with the XR18 rear wheel. I dont have much luck with wheels really.